PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Charalabous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seyran Zeynalabdinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeynalabdinov has chosen Saku as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Charalabous
vs
Zeynalabdinov

180 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
204 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kostas Charalabous!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seyran Zeynalabdinov!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeynalabdinov checks a leg kick.
Charalabous throws the left hand but Zeynalabdinov avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Charalabous.
Nice shot by Charalabous.
Zeynalabdinov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charalabous thows a body shot but no joy.
Charalabous tries to work over Zeynalabdinov's front leg with a kick but Zeynalabdinov checks it.
Charalabous scoring well with a low kick there.
Zeynalabdinov shoots in but Charalabous avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Charalabous keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Charalabous throws a big shot that misses.
Charalabous throws a lazy right hand but Zeynalabdinov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Charalabous throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Charalabous displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zeynalabdinov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeynalabdinov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Charalabous.
Zeynalabdinov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charalabous's waist but Charalabous gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zeynalabdinov off to one side.
Kostas Charalabous has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seyran Zeynalabdinov.
Charalabous tries to bum rush Zeynalabdinov with a series of wild strikes but Zeynalabdinov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zeynalabdinov.
Kostas Charalabous is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charalabous lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zeynalabdinov's sensitive parts.
Charalabous checks a low kick from Zeynalabdinov.
Zeynalabdinov looks for a takedown but Charalabous sprawls well.
Zeynalabdinov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Seyran Zeynalabdinov has been cut.
Zeynalabdinov fails with a takedown attempt.
Charalabous fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Charalabous lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zeynalabdinov takes a step back to recover.
Zeynalabdinov looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeynalabdinov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Charalabous.
A thudding body kick lands there by Charalabous!
Zeynalabdinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Charalabous manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zeynalabdinov has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from Charalabous. No joy for Zeynalabdinov on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charalabous bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zeynalabdinov's head.
Nice body kick there by Charalabous.
A big right from Charalabous misses.
Charalabous tries to work over Zeynalabdinov's front leg with a kick but Zeynalabdinov checks it.
Charalabous throws a front kick that sends Zeynalabdinov stumbling back into the cage.
Charalabous thuds a left hand into Zeynalabdinov's body.
Charalabous connects with an inside leg kick.
Charalabous lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Zeynalabdinov is looking to close the distance but Charalabous sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Zeynalabdinov crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Zeynalabdinov is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Kostas Charalabous!
Kostas Charalabous retains his middleweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kostas Charalabous waved his t-shirt featuring TFP Graphics - Pit Inc's logo in front of the cameras.